Formed in NYC in 1993, the improvising collective No-Neck Blues Band (NNCK) favors anonymity, autonomy, and obfuscation. Alongside founding member Keith Connolly (2016 AIR), they return to open ISSUE’s Fall season at First Unitarian Congregational Society in Brooklyn.
ISSUE presents the first commission from Eden Girma (2026 AIR). Part dreamscape and part summoning circle, an intimate diasporic familial archive is pieced together through the eyes of a five-year-old child.
In partnership with Franklin Furnace as part of their 50th anniversary commemoration and November release of "Back to the Present: 50 Years of Free Expression with Franklin Furnace" ISSUE presents an evening of performance and conversation.
Incorporating elements of noise, trance and minimalism, Sergei Tcherepnin (2012 AIR) presents new work for Serge Modular synthesizer.
This installment of io brings together choreographer Kim Brandt (2015 AIR) and Isabella Thorpe-Woods (2026 SFCF). Centered around never-before-released footage from Clear Night (2016)—Brandt's eight-day AIR commission at Pioneer Works—the project revisits a performance that has remained largely unseen for nearly a decade.
From the “Art After Death” series
Doug Wieselman (clarinets and guitar), Jane Scarpantoni (cello) and Kenny Wollesen (drums)
Trio S, the latest project from composer/musician Doug Wieselman, will continue to explore Wieselman’s compositions, many of which are based on melodies drawn from various water sources.
From the archives, with Trio S, Ted Reichman, Marco Cappelli, Jim Pugliese, Ikue Mori, Marina Rosenfeld, Black Mountain Trio and more.
The Squid’s Ear online music magazine in conjunction with ISSUE Project Room present two of new music’s most innovative guitarists, playing solo and in duet.
Electro accordionist/laptop musician Andrea Parkins revels in both high and lo-tech electronic disruption even as she explores a delicate lyricism, stasis, and oblique allusion to genre tradition.
Three sets including electroacoustic guitar, sound effects, theremin, voice, bass, and more.
Performing music from their upcoming release on Undone Records